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| ਬੰਨਹਹਿ ਉਠਾਈ ਪੋਟਲੀ ਕਿਥੈ ਵੰਞਾ ਘਤਿ ॥੨॥
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| Banėh uṯẖĝ▫ī potlī kithai vañĝ gẖaṯ. (2)
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| I am so accustomed to walking in the ways of the world. I have tied and picked up the bundle; where can I go to throw it away? (2)
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| ਕਿਝ ਨ ਬਝੈ ਕਿਝ ਨ ਸਝੈ ਦਨੀਆ ਗਝੀ ਭਾਹਿ ॥
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| Kijẖ na bujẖai kijẖ na sujẖai ḝunī▫ĝ gujẖī bẖĝhi.
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| I know nothing; I understand nothing. The world is a smouldering fire.
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| ਸਾਂਈਂ ਮੇਰੈ ਚੰਗਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਤ ਹੰ ਭੀ ਦਝਾਂ ਆਹਿ ॥੩॥
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| Sĝ▫īʼn merai cẖanga kīṯĝ nĝhī ṯa haʼn bẖī ḝajẖĝʼn ĝhi. (3)
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| My Lord did well to warn me about it; otherwise, I would have been burnt as well. (3)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜੇ ਜਾਣਾ ਤਿਲ ਥੋੜੜੇ ਸੰਮਲਿ ਬਕ ਭਰੀ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ je jĝṇĝ ṯil thoṛ▫ṛe sammal buk bẖarī.
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| Fareed, if I had known that I had so few sesame seeds, I would have been more careful with them in my hands.
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| ਜੇ ਜਾਣਾ ਸਹ ਨੰਢੜਾ ਤਾਂ ਥੋੜਾ ਮਾਣ ਕਰੀ ॥੪॥
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| Je jĝṇĝ saho nandẖ▫ṛĝ ṯĝʼn thoṛĝ mĝṇ karī. (4)
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| If I had known that my Husband Lord was so young and innocent, I would not have been so arrogant. (4)
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| ਜੇ ਜਾਣਾ ਲੜ ਛਿਜਣਾ ਪੀਡੀ ਪਾਈਂ ਗੰਢਿ ॥
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| Je jĝṇĝ laṛ cẖẖijṇĝ pīdī pĝ▫īʼn gandẖ.
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| If I had known that my robe would come loose, I would have tied a tighter knot.
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| ਤੈ ਜੇਵਡ ਮੈ ਨਾਹਿ ਕੋ ਸਭ ਜਗ ਡਿਠਾ ਹੰਢਿ ॥੫॥
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| Ŧai jevad mai nĝhi ko sabẖ jag diṯẖĝ handẖ. (5)
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| I have found none as great as You, Lord; I have looked and searched throughout the world. (5)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜੇ ਤੂ ਅਕਲਿ ਲਤੀਫ ਕਾਲੇ ਲਿਖ ਨ ਲੇਖ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ je ṯū akal laṯīf kĝle likẖ na lekẖ.
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| Fareed, if you have a keen understanding, then do not write black marks against anyone else.
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| ਆਪਨੜੇ ਗਿਰੀਵਾਨ ਮਹਿ ਸਿਰ ਨੀਵਾਂ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਖ ॥੬॥
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| Āpnaṛe girīvĝn mėh sir nīʼnvĝʼn kar ḝekẖ. (6)
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| Look underneath your own collar instead. (6)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜੋ ਤੈ ਮਾਰਨਿ ਮਕੀਆਂ ਤਿਨਹਹਾ ਨ ਮਾਰੇ ਘੰਮਿ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ jo ṯai mĝran mukī▫ĝʼn ṯinĥĝ na mĝre gẖumm.
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| Fareed, do not turn around and strike those who strike you with their fists.
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| ਆਪਨੜੈ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਈਝ ਪੈਰ ਤਿਨਹਹਾ ਦੇ ਚੰਮਿ ॥੭॥
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| Āpnaṛai gẖar jĝ▫ī▫ai pair ṯinĥĝ ḝe cẖumm. (7)
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| Kiss their feet, and return to your own home. (7)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜਾਂ ਤਉ ਖਟਣ ਵੇਲ ਤਾਂ ਤੂ ਰਤਾ ਦਨੀ ਸਿਉ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ jĝʼn ṯa▫o kẖataṇ vel ṯĝʼn ṯū raṯĝ ḝunī si▫o.
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| Fareed, when there was time for you to earn good karma, you were in love with the world instead.
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| ਮਰਗ ਸਵਾਈ ਨੀਹਿ ਜਾਂ ਭਰਿਆ ਤਾਂ ਲਦਿਆ ॥੮॥
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| Marag savĝ▫ī nīhi jĝʼn bẖari▫ĝ ṯĝʼn laḝi▫ĝ. (8)
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| Now, death has a strong foothold; when the load is full, it is taken away. (8)
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| ਦੇਖ ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜ ਥੀਆ ਦਾੜੀ ਹੋਈ ਭੂਰ ॥
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| Ḏekẖ Farīḝĝ jo thī▫ĝ ḝĝṛī ho▫ī bẖūr.
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| See, Fareed, what has happened: your beard has become grey.
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| ਅਗਹ ਨੇੜਾ ਆਇਆ ਪਿਛਾ ਰਹਿਆ ਦੂਰਿ ॥੯॥
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| Agahu neṛĝ ĝ▫i▫ĝ picẖẖĝ rahi▫ĝ ḝūr. (9)
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| That which is coming is near, and the past is left far behind. (9)
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| ਦੇਖ ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜਿ ਥੀਆ ਸਕਰ ਹੋਈ ਵਿਸ ॥
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| Ḏekẖ Farīḝĝ jė thī▫ĝ sakar ho▫ī vis.
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| See, Fareed, what has happened: sugar has become poison.
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| ਸਾਂਈ ਬਾਝਹ ਆਪਣੇ ਵੇਦਣ ਕਹੀਝ ਕਿਸ ॥੧੦॥
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| Sĝʼn▫ī bĝjẖahu ĝpṇe veḝaṇ kahī▫ai kis. (10)
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| Without my Lord, who can I tell of my sorrow? (10)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਅਖੀ ਦੇਖਿ ਪਤੀਣੀਆਂ ਸਣਿ ਸਣਿ ਰੀਣੇ ਕੰਨ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ akẖī ḝekẖ paṯīṇī▫ĝʼn suṇ suṇ rīṇe kann.
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| Fareed, my eyes have become weak, and my ears have become hard of hearing.
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| ਸਾਖ ਪਕੰਦੀ ਆਈਆ ਹੋਰ ਕਰੇਂਦੀ ਵੰਨ ॥੧੧॥
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| Sĝkẖ pakanḝī ĝ▫ī▫ĝ hor kareʼnḝī vann. (11)
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| The body's crop has become ripe and turned color. (11)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਕਾਲੀ ਜਿਨੀ ਨ ਰਾਵਿਆ ਧਉਲੀ ਰਾਵੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ kĝlīʼn jinī na rĝvi▫ĝ ḝẖa▫ulī rĝvai ko▫e.
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| Fareed, those who did not enjoy their Spouse when their hair was black - hardly any of them enjoy Him when their hair turns grey.
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| ਕਰਿ ਸਾਂਈ ਸਿਉ ਪਿਰਹੜੀ ਰੰਗ ਨਵੇਲਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੧੨॥
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| Kar sĝʼn▫ī si▫o pirhaṛī rang navelĝ ho▫e. (12)
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| So be in love with the Lord, so that your color may ever be new. (12)
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| ਮਃ ੩ ॥
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| Mėhlĝ 3.
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| Third Mehl:
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਕਾਲੀ ਧਉਲੀ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਦਾ ਹੈ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਚਿਤਿ ਕਰੇ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ kĝlī ḝẖa▫ulī sĝhib saḝĝ hai je ko cẖiṯ kare.
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| Fareed, whether one's hair is black or grey, our Lord and Master is always here if one remembers Him.
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| ਆਪਣਾ ਲਾਇਆ ਪਿਰਮ ਨ ਲਗਈ ਜੇ ਲੋਚੈ ਸਭ ਕੋਇ ॥
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| Āpṇĝ lĝ▫i▫ĝ piram na lag▫ī je locẖai sabẖ ko▫e.
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| This loving devotion to the Lord does not come by one's own efforts, even though all may long for it.
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| ਝਹ ਪਿਰਮ ਪਿਆਲਾ ਖਸਮ ਕਾ ਜੈ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੈ ਦੇਇ ॥੧੩॥
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| Ėhu piram pi▫ĝlĝ kẖasam kĝ jai bẖĝvai ṯai ḝe▫e. (13)
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| This cup of loving devotion belongs to our Lord and Master; He gives it to whomever He likes. (13)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜਿਨਹਹ ਲੋਇਣ ਜਗ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਸੇ ਲੋਇਣ ਮੈ ਡਿਠ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ jinĥ lo▫iṇ jag mohi▫ĝ se lo▫iṇ mai diṯẖ.
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| Fareed, those eyes which have enticed the world - I have seen those eyes.
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| ਕਜਲ ਰੇਖ ਨ ਸਹਦਿਆ ਸੇ ਪੰਖੀ ਸੂਇ ਬਹਿਠ ॥੧੪॥
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| Kajal rekẖ na sėhḝi▫ĝ se pankẖī sū▫e bahiṯẖ. (14)
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| Once, they could not endure even a bit of mascara; now, the birds hatch their young in them! (14)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਕੂਕੇਦਿਆ ਚਾਂਗੇਦਿਆ ਮਤੀ ਦੇਦਿਆ ਨਿਤ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ kūkeḝi▫ĝ cẖĝʼngeḝi▫ĝ maṯī ḝeḝi▫ĝ niṯ.
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| Fareed, they shouted and yelled, and constantly gave good advice.
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| ਜੋ ਸੈਤਾਨਿ ਵੰਞਾਇਆ ਸੇ ਕਿਤ ਫੇਰਹਿ ਚਿਤ ॥੧੫॥
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| Jo saiṯĝn vañĝ▫i▫ĝ se kiṯ ferėh cẖiṯ. (15)
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| But those whom the devil has spoiled - how can they turn their consciousness towards God? (15)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਥੀਉ ਪਵਾਹੀ ਦਭ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ thī▫o pavĝhī ḝabẖ.
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| Fareed, become the grass on the path,
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| ਜੇ ਸਾਂਈ ਲੋੜਹਿ ਸਭ ॥
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| Je sĝʼn▫ī loṛėh sabẖ.
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| if you long for the Lord of all.
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| ਇਕ ਛਿਜਹਿ ਬਿਆ ਲਤਾੜੀਅਹਿ ॥
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| Ik cẖẖijėh bi▫ĝ laṯĝṛī▫ah.
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| One will cut you down, and another will trample you underfoot;
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| ਤਾਂ ਸਾਈ ਦੈ ਦਰਿ ਵਾੜੀਅਹਿ ॥੧੬॥
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| Ŧĝʼn sĝ▫ī ḝai ḝar vĝṛī▫ah. (16)
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| then, you shall enter the Court of the Lord. (16)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਖਾਕ ਨ ਨਿੰਦੀਝ ਖਾਕੂ ਜੇਡ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ kẖĝk na ninḝī▫ai kẖĝkū jed na ko▫e.
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| Fareed, do not slander the dust; noting is as great as dust.
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| ਜੀਵਦਿਆ ਪੈਰਾ ਤਲੈ ਮਇਆ ਉਪਰਿ ਹੋਇ ॥੧੭॥
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| Jīvḝi▫ĝ pairĝ ṯalai mu▫i▫ĝ upar ho▫e. (17)
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| When we are alive, it is under our feet, and when we are dead, it is above us. (17)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜਾ ਲਬ ਤਾ ਨੇਹ ਕਿਆ ਲਬ ਤ ਕੂੜਾ ਨੇਹ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ jĝ lab ṯĝ nehu ki▫ĝ lab ṯa kūṛĝ nehu.
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| Fareed, when there is greed, what love can there be? When there is greed, love is false.
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| ਕਿਚਰ ਝਤਿ ਲਘਾਈਝ ਛਪਰਿ ਤਟੈ ਮੇਹ ॥੧੮॥
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| Kicẖar jẖaṯ lagẖĝ▫ī▫ai cẖẖapar ṯutai mehu. (18)
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| How long can one remain in a thatched hut which leaks when it rains? (18)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜੰਗਲ ਜੰਗਲ ਕਿਆ ਭਵਹਿ ਵਣਿ ਕੰਡਾ ਮੋੜੇਹਿ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ jangal jangal ki▫ĝ bẖavėh vaṇ kandĝ moṛehi.
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| Fareed, why do you wander from jungle to jungle, crashing through the thorny trees?
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| ਵਸੀ ਰਬ ਹਿਆਲੀਝ ਜੰਗਲ ਕਿਆ ਢੂਢੇਹਿ ॥੧੯॥
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| vasī rab hi▫ĝlī▫ai jangal ki▫ĝ dẖūdẖehi. (19)
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| The Lord abides in the heart; why are you looking for Him in the jungle? (19)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਇਨੀ ਨਿਕੀ ਜੰਘੀਝ ਥਲ ਡੂੰਗਰ ਭਵਿਓਮਹਹਿ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ inī nikī jangẖī▫ai thal dūngar bẖavi▫omiĥ.
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| Fareed, with these small legs, I crossed deserts and mountains.
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| ਅਜ ਫਰੀਦੈ ਕੂਜੜਾ ਸੈ ਕੋਹਾਂ ਥੀਓਮਿ ॥੨੦॥
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| Aj Farīḝai kūjṛĝ sai kohĝʼn thī▫om. (20)
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| But today, Fareed, my water jug seems hundreds of miles away. (20)
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| ਫਰੀਦਾ ਰਾਤੀ ਵਡੀਆਂ ਧਖਿ ਧਖਿ ਉਠਨਿ ਪਾਸ ॥
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| Farīḝĝ rĝṯī vadī▫ĝʼn ḝẖukẖ ḝẖukẖ uṯẖan pĝs.
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| Fareed, the nights are long, and my sides are aching in pain.
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